Tafsir of Surah Al-Baqara 2:144

Translation of the meaning

We have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muḥammad], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face [i.e., yourself] toward al-Masjid al-Ḥarām. And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces [i.e., yourselves] toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture [i.e., the Jews and the Christians] well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allāh is not unaware of what they do.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah

What he quoted from others

كثير من أهل العلم حكاه «هو الوجه الظاهر كما أنه كذلك بالاتفاق في قوله: {قد نرى تقلب وجهك في السماء} وفي قوله: {فولوا وجوهكم شطره} وفي قوله: {فاغسلوا وجوهكم}»«مجموع الفتاوى» 2/433